Lake Norman cruises for children and their parents to spot Normie, the friendly Lake Norman monster, have been scheduled for 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday and June 21, July 5 and 19 and Aug. 2 and 16, aboard Championship Yacht Charters at Latitude 36 Raw Bar and Grille, 18665 Harborside Drive, Cornelius.

Huntersville-based Hinds' Feet Farm, which provides enrichment and other activities for people with brain injuries, recently received a $45,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation to support the Hind's Feet Farm Veteran's Brain Injury Scholarship Fund.